Constantin Freiher von Neurath Biography and Timeline

Embassy Counselor

Appointed Consul General to London

Embassy Counselor

Appointed embassy counselor at Constantinople

Cabinet

Appointed Cabinet Chief

Role range: 1916-1918

Embassy Counselor

Envoy to Copenhagen

Role range: 1919-1933

Embassy Counselor

Appointed Ambassador of Britain

Embassy Counselor

Appointed Cabinet Minister in Papens "Cabinet of Barons"

Foreign Secretary of Germany

Appointed Foreign Minister

Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1938

Government

Joins Hitler's 1st Cabinet & is as a respectable & conservative frontman

Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1938

SS

Appointed SS-Gruppenfuehrer, on the day Hitler comes to power

Role range: 1933-1945

Signs a secret protocol with Ciano outlining a common policy for Germany

Signs a secret protocol with Ciano outlining a common policy for Germany & Italy

Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1938

Dismissal

Dismissed by Hitler as Foreign Minister

Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1938

Conference of Munich

Helps draw up a draft memorandum which Mussolini uses for framing the Munich Agreement

Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1938

Munich Agreement

Helps draw up a draft memorandum which Mussolini uses for framing the Munich Agreement

Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1938

Conference of Hosbach

Attends the Hossbach conference where Hitler announces his aggressive foreign policy

Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1938

Foreign Secretary of Germany

Appointed Foreign Secretary, without Portfolio

Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1938

Censorship

As Reich Protector, Neurath censored the press in Bohemia and Moravia and moved against organised opposition.

Role range: 1933-1945 – 1939-1943

Censorship

Censors the press & removes all opposition including trades unions & political parties

Role range: 1933-1945 – 1939-1943

Opposition Suppression

Neurath acted to remove organised opposition in Bohemia and Moravia, including political parties and trade unions.

Role range: 1933-1945 – 1939-1943

Political Parties

Censors the press & removes all opposition including trades unions & political parties

Role range: 1933-1945 – 1939-1943

Political Parties

Neurath suppressed political parties as part of the removal of opposition under protectorate rule.

Role range: 1933-1945 – 1939-1943

Political Suppression

Political opposition was curtailed under Neurath through censorship and the removal of parties and unions.

Role range: 1933-1945 – 1939-1943

Press Control

Neurath imposed press censorship as one of the first controls introduced under the German protectorate.

Role range: 1933-1945 – 1939-1943

Protectorate Administration

Neurath assumed the office of Reich Protector and began administering German control over Bohemia and Moravia.

Role range: 1933-1945 – 1939-1943

Reich Protector

Appointed Reich Protector of Bohemia & Moravia

Role range: 1933-1945 – 1939-1943

Reich Protector

Neurath was appointed Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia after the German takeover.

Role range: 1933-1945 – 1939-1943

Removal of Organised Opposition

Neurath combined press censorship with the removal of political parties and trade unions to suppress organised opposition.

Role range: 1933-1945 – 1939-1943

Trades Unions

Censors the press & removes all opposition including trades unions & political parties

Role range: 1933-1945 – 1939-1943

Trades Unions

Neurath removed trade unions while consolidating German political control in Bohemia and Moravia.

Role range: 1933-1945 – 1939-1943

Union Suppression

Neurath's administration eliminated trade unions as part of the broader suppression of opposition in the protectorate.

Role range: 1933-1945 – 1939-1943

SS

Appointed Obergruppenfuehrer in the SS

SS

Appointed SS Obergruppenfuehrer

Role range: 1939-1945

Arrest of Constantin Freiher von Neurath

Released from Spandau prison

Role range: 1939-1945